James Jones, who begins his
16th season at the helm of the Yale program in 2014-15, is one
of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history. Jones’
117 Ivy victories are the fourth most in league history, and his
209 overall wins are the third most. In addition, Yale has a .557
winning percentage in league games during his tenure, by far the
highest in school history.

Jones, the longest tenured coach in
the Ivy League, is the winningest coach in school history. He
surpassed Hall of Fame Coach Joe Vancisin, who led Yale to 204
victories, when the Bulldogs beat Holy Cross on Mar. 22, 2014.
Presently, only 19 other coaches in all of Division I have been at
their institution longer than Jones has been at Yale.

The Bulldogs have won at least 10
Ivy games twice during Jones’ tenure and have had a
fourth-place or better finish in the Ivy League for 14 straight
years. Jones has guided Yale to the postseason three times - the
2002 NIT and the 2012 and 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The
Bulldogs reached the championship game of the CIT in 2014.

Jones was the named the
CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy League Coach of the Year in 2014 after
guiding the Bulldogs to 19 wins and a second-place Ivy League
finish. In addition, he was a finalist for the 2014
CollegeInsider.com Ben Jobe Award, which is presented annually to
the top minority coach in Division I men's basketball.

In 2001-02, Jones led the Bulldogs
to their first Ivy League title since 1962-63 and the first
postseason tournament victory in the 107-year history of Yale
basketball. The team won 21 games, the second most in the modern
era of Yale basketball, and reached the second round of the
National Invitation Tournament. Jones’ success did not go
unnoticed. He was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by
Basketball America and CollegeInsider.com. Following Yale’s
weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton that season, Dick Vitale
selected Jones as his Coach of the Week.

Jones was named Yale’s 22nd
head coach on Apr. 27, 1999, and he immediately put his stamp on
the program as the Bulldogs more than doubled their Division I win
total from the previous season and improved to fifth place in the
Ivy League. In 2000-2001 the turnaround continued as Yale entered
the final weekend of the regular season in the hunt for the Ivy
League championship. The captain of the 2000-01 team, Neil Yanke,
signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004.
Jones recruited Yanke to Yale as an assistant coach and then was
his head coach for two years.

In 2001-02, Jones guided the
Bulldogs to one of the most memorable seasons in school history.
Yale finished 21-11 and earned a share of the Ivy title with Penn
and Princeton. The Bulldogs upset Rutgers in the first round of the
NIT before falling to Tennessee Tech at the New Haven Coliseum in
front of the largest crowd ever to watch Yale Basketball in New
Haven. In the process the Bulldogs set five school records. The
2,394 points scored was a new mark, topping the 2,089 scored by the
1948-49 team. The Bulldogs also set new records for three-pointers
made (228) and free throws made (558).

Draughan, who graduated in 2005,
was one of the most successful players in Yale history. He finished
seventh all-time at Yale in scoring with 1,413 points and second in
steals and fifth in assists. Mangano also made his mark at Yale
under Jones’ tutelage. Mangano, a two-time first team All-Ivy
selection, is Yale’s all-time leader with 213 career blocked
shots. In addition, he was invited to the 2012 Portsmouth
Invitational and played for Team USA at the 2011 World University
Games in China.

Five assistant coaches who worked
under Jones have gone on to become head coaches - Rob Senderoff
(Kent State), Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of
Arts University), Mark Gilbride (Clarkson) and Ted Hotaling (New
Haven).

One of Jones’ goals when he
took the job was to upgrade Yale’s schedule, a promise he has
delivered on. In 2013, nationally ranked Florida visited the John
J. Lee Amphitheater. The Bulldogs also have hosted Stanford (2008),
Wake Forest (2003) and Penn State (2001) during his tenure. In
addition, Yale has played in numerous prestigious tournaments under
Jones, including the preseason NIT, the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
and the inaugural Guardians Classic.

Jones has enjoyed remarkable
success against major conference opponents. In 2008-09, Yale
knocked off Oregon State, the school’s first win ever over a
Pac-10 opponent. Jones also has enjoyed victories over schools from
the ACC (Clemson, Boston College), Big East (Rutgers), Big Ten
(Penn State) and Atlantic 10 (Rhode Island) during his tenure.

Jones has gained experience with
USA Basketball in his time at Yale as well. He served as an
assistant coach to Villanova’s Jay Wright for the 2007 USA
Basketball Men’s Pan American Games Team, helping tutor
Georgetown’s Roy Hibbert, Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel
and Indiana’s D.J. White. In 2006, Jones was selected by the
USA Basketball Men’s Collegiate Committee, chaired by
Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, as a court coach for the 2006 USA
Men’s U18 National Team Trials.

Jones also has shared his insight
with college basketball fans, serving as a guest analyst on the CBS
College Sports Television Network on a number of occasions.

In addition to his coaching duties,
Jones has been active in the New Haven community. Each summer he
runs the James Jones Bulldog Basketball Camp. In 2002 he was the
recipient of the President’s Award from the Greater New Haven
NAACP at its 85th Freedom Fund dinner.

As an assistant coach at Yale for
two seasons from 1995-97, Jones gained a great understanding of Ivy
League basketball. He returned to Yale as head coach after two
years as an assistant coach at Ohio University, where he was
primarily responsible for coordinating the Bobcats’
recruiting efforts and developing the post players. In 1998-99 he
helped guide Ohio to an 18-10 overall record and a berth in the Mid
American Conference Tournament semifinals. At Ohio, he recruited
Brandon Hunter, who was a second round pick of the Boston Celtics
in the 2002 NBA draft.

A Long Island, N.Y., native, Jones
served as an assistant basketball coach for five seasons (1990-95)
at his alma mater, the University at Albany (N.Y.). In his final
two coaching seasons at Albany, he helped lead the team to a 44-11
record and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including
reaching the Elite Eight in 1993-94. His primary responsibilities
included recruiting, scouting, supervising the fall conditioning
program and advising team members on academic matters. The team was
93-40 during his five seasons on the bench.

Jones graduated from Albany in 1986
with a bachelor’s degree in communications and in 1995 earned
his master’s in educational administration. As a player at
Albany, Jones was captain of the freshman team and was selected as
the team’s Freshman of the Year. He played for and coached
with the legendary Dr. Richard Sauers, one of only seven collegiate
coaches to win more than 700 games.

Jones is an active member of
several organizations, including the National Association of
Basketball Coaches and the Black Coaches Association.

Before entering the coaching
profession, Jones served as an executive account manager at NCR
Corporation in Albany, N.Y., where he managed a $1.5 million sales
territory.

James’ younger brother Joe
spent seven seasons the head coach at Ivy League rival Columbia and
is currently the head coach at Boston University.

Matt Kingsley, who will begin his 10th season as a member
of James Jones’ staff in 2014-15, was promoted to Associate
Head Coach in July of 2013.

During Kingsley’s tenure, the Bulldogs have a .571
winning percentage in Ivy League games, have finished in the top
three in the final standings five times and reached the postseason
twice, including advancing to the the championship game of the 2014
CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

Kingsley works primarily with the guards. A number of
his pupils have had great success. Eric Flato ‘08
graduated second all-time at Yale in three-point field goals made
(213) and 13th in school history in scoring (1,193 points). Alex
Zampier '10 is Yale's all-time leader with 167 career steals and is
in the top 10 in career free throw percentage (4th, .816) and
career three-pointers (8th, 135). Zampier was drafted by the New
Mexico Thunderbirds in the 2010 NBA Development League. Reggie
Willhite '12 is the school's single-season steals leader and was
the 2012 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, and Austin Morgan
’13 graduated as Yale’s all-time leader in free throw
percentage (.859), and is third all-time with 199 career
three-pointers.

The future looks bright for the Bulldogs. Yale, which finished
second in a highly competitive Ivy League last year, returns seven
of its top eight scorers from a year agowhen the Bulldogs won 19
games with a roster made up predominantly of underclassmen.

Prior to coming to Yale, Kingsley was the associate head
coach at Eastern Connecticut. During his tenure at Eastern,
Kingsley helped the team improve from 7-19 in 2003 to 14-12 in
2004, including a school record eight conference wins. At Eastern,
Kingsley worked under head coach Bill Geitner, who has guided the
Warriors to a Little East Conference Championship and an NCAA Sweet
16 appearance.

Prior to serving at Eastern Connecticut, Kingsley was a
post graduate men's basketball coach at Saint Thomas More School in
Oakdale, Conn., where he worked for legendary head
coach Jere Quinn. In 2001, he helped coach the team to a 31-3
record and the New England Prep School Class A Championship. He
also spent one season as an assistant coach at Clarkson University
where the team had the second most wins in school history and
earned the first post-season berth in school history.

Kingsley is a 1998 graduate of Wesleyan University where
he was a standout for the basketball team. His
191 three-pointers still ranks first all time in school
history and his 1,176 points was second all-time when he graduated
and currently stands fourth all time. He also served as a team
captain.

Justin Simon '04, a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs,
begins his fourth season on James Jones' staff in 2014-15.

During his playing career, Simon appeared in 82 games and scored
243 points. In his last two years, he served as the team's sixth
man. As a senior, he appeared in all 27 games, averaging 4.1 points
and 2.4 rebounds. As a junior he was the recipient of the Eggie
Miles Award as the team's top free throw shooter and was named to
the all-tournament team at the Phoenix Classic after scoring 13
points in the championship game victory over Central
Connecticut.

In the summer following his freshman year at Yale, Simon was an
intern in the Special Events Department at Madison Square Garden
and was backstage at the NBA Draft.

Simon returned to Yale after serving as an assistant coach and
teacher at Cardinal Hayes High School in New York City. During his
tenure, Simon helped develop Angel Nunez, who is a freshman at
Louisville. Hayes reached the CHSAA Class A final in each of the
last two years.

Following graduation from Yale, Simon worked as a financial
advisor for three years.

A native of Kings Park High School, Simon was an All-Long
Island, all-county, all-conference and all-league selection at
Kings Park High School.

Anthony Goins is in first season as a member of James Jones'
staff in 2014-15.

Goins comes to Yale after spending one season at Dartmouth,
where he helped the Big Green post its best overall
record in 15 years. Over the previous three years, he
had served as an assistant coach for Salisbury Prep School in
Connecticut, which compiled a 64-18 record in New England Prep
School Basketball during his tenure.

The 2011-12 Salisbury squad won the league championship while
leading Class A in scoring (68.2 ppg.) and scoring defense (52.3
ppg.). Several of the student-athletes to play under Goins went on
to Division I careers at places such as Syracuse, Bucknell, Marist
and Niagara.

During the summer of 2013, Goins was the head coach of the
Westchester Hawks AAU team. He led the squad to a regional
tournament championship and a second-place finish in the Basketball
Hall of Fame Tournament.

Goins is a 2008 St. John’s graduate with a degree in
sports management. He participated in the Red Storm’s
off-season 5-on-5 open gym workouts and helped with women’s
practices as well.

Robert Hoey enters his second season as Director of Basketball
Operations for the Yale men's basketball program in 2014-15.

Hoey comes from the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, having served
as the Head Equipment Manager for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Hoey
worked under four-time Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame
member Anne Donovan. During his time with the Sun, he was
responsible for ensuring all equipment needs for coaches, players,
front office personnel and visiting teams. He also served a similar
role during the 2013 WNBA All-Star game where he worked closely
with the WNBA Chief of Basketball Operations Renee Brown. During
that time, Hoey has also had the honor of working along side
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member Jennifer Gillom, eight-time
WNBA All-Star Nykesha Sales, Olympic gold medalists Kara Lawson and
Tina Charles as well as the 2014 WNBA Rookie of the Year, Chiney
Ogwumike.

Prior to his stint with the Connecticut Sun, Hoey served as
Director of Basketball Operations for the Marist College
men’s basketball team under former head coach Chuck Martin.
He was responsible for the organization of daily activities, team
travel, film exchange, on-campus recruiting, as well as assisting
with the team's academic support. Hoey also served as the Director
of the Chuck Martin Summer Basketball Camp, which hosted 300+
campers.

Hoey worked as a manager for the Marist men's basketball team in
each of his four seasons as a student, including being named the
head manager from 2009 to 2012. He graduated Cum Laude from Marist
in May 2012 with his B.A. in Sports Communication and minor in
Psychology.

In the summer of 2011, Hoey interned with the Maine Red Claws of
the NBA Development League, whose NBA affiliations are the Boston
Celtics, Charlotte Bobcats and Philadelphia 76ers. During his
internship, he worked in the Basketball Operations Department,
where he assisted in game and practice film analysis, prepared
video edits for coaches, players, and management and created
scouting and personal reports in preparation for the 2011 NBA
Development League Draft. Hoey also assisted in many of the
community outreach programs.

During the summer of 2010, Hoey interned in the University of
Connecticut Football Equipment Room, and assisted with all aspects
of the daily football equipment operations.

Prior to Marist, Hoey was a four-year manager at East Catholic
High School in Manchester, Conn., under head coach Luke Reilly. The
team advanced to the Class LL State Championship Game in 2006 and
2007